Two BYU students, Stephen Garner and Huey Kolowich, created the online platform UniLex to make language learning more simple ...

David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Why do some languages have simpler grammars than others? Researchers propose that the size of the community influences the complexity of the language that evolves in it. When small and large groups of ...

Haleakala National Park has developed new educational materials in ‘olelo Hawai’i, or Hawaiian language, for fourth grade students in Hawaiian immersion programs. The virtual materials are available ...

Built from low-powered protein nanowires made by bacteria, these neurons could enable vastly more efficient, bio-inspired ...

Milwaukee is a city of neighborhoods. And the language we choose to describe them can impact how they're perceived. We're looking at the impact of using "loaded" words, such as labels that describe ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

This article was taken from the March issue of Wired UK magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...